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Thank You For The Music (album)
''Thank You for the Music'' (subtitled ''A Collection of Love Songs'') is a compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in November 1983 in the United Kingdom by the record company Epic. The compilation features 14 tracks, including the singles "I Have a Dream", "Chiquitita" and "The Day Before You Came". It also contains the Spanish version of "Fernando", which was the first time this version was released in the UK. The album peaked at No. 17 on the UK Albums Chart, breaking ABBA's run of eight consecutive UK number-one albums from ''Greatest Hits'' in 1976 to '' The Singles: The First Ten Years'' in 1982. It was certified gold for sales of over 100,000 units. Bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2021. The song " |
ABBA
ABBA ( ) were a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. They are one of the most popular and successful musical groups of all time, and are one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music acts in the history of popular music. In , ABBA became 's first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo (ABBA song), Waterloo", which in 2005 was chosen as the best song in the competition's history as part of the Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, 50th anniversary celebration of the contest. During the band's main active years, it consisted of two couples: Fältskog and Ulvaeus, and Lyngstad and Andersson. With the increase of their popularity, their personal lives suffered, which eventually resulted in the collapse of both marriages. The relationship changes were reflected in the group's music, with later songs featuring darker and more intros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Last Summer
"Our Last Summer" is a song by ABBA from the group's seventh studio album, '' Super Trouper''. It was written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. Ulvaeus found lyrical inspiration for the song in a memory of a romance he had when he was a teenager. During a visit to Paris, he met a girl from his home-town who was working as an au pair. "We had not been romantically involved in Sweden," he recalled, "but Paris tends to have that effect on people, and so it was with the two of us. She certainly took me to see the Quartier Latin, the Champs-Élysées and the Eiffel Tower, but to be honest I don't really remember much of Paris. I mostly remember her!" Recording for the track began on 4 June 1980 in Polar Music Studios. The song features Anni-Frid Lyngstad on lead vocals and her time in the studio during the recording is captured in a series of photographs taken by Anders Hanser. In the background of the bridge to this song, during Lasse Wellander's guitar solo, part of the ''Ches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voulez-Vous
''Voulez-Vous'' (; French for "Do you want (to)?") is the sixth studio album by the Swedish supergroup ABBA. Released on 23 April 1979, the album yielded five hits, all of them big 1979 singles in Britain – " Chiquitita", " Does Your Mother Know", "I Have a Dream" and the double A-side " Voulez-Vous"/" Angeleyes". The title track showed the group embracing disco music, which at the time was at its peak. The album topped the charts in a number of countries and ranked among Britain's five best-selling albums of the year. It was the first ABBA album to be mainly recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm, and the only ABBA album to include a studio recording made outside Sweden: the instrumental backing track for the title track was partly recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami. ''Voulez-Vous'' was first released on CD in 1984. The album has been digitally remastered and reissued four times: first in 1997, then in 2001 and in 2005 as part of '' The Complete Studio Recordings'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle (ABBA Song)
"Eagle" is a song recorded in 1977 by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was the opening track on their fifth studio album, '' ABBA: The Album'' (1978), and at 5 minutes 51 seconds, the longest they ever released. As the third and final official single from the album, it was issued in a limited number of territories. These did not include the United States, where an intended release was cancelled, or United Kingdom. History "Eagle" was written and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, who provided its music and its lyrics respectively, as a kind of tribute to a band that the two men admired at the time, the Eagles. The recording, which commenced on 1 June 1977, had the working titles of "High, High" and "The Eagle." Ulvaeus said that with the lyrics, he was "trying to capture the sense of freedom and euphoria" that he got from reading Richard Bach's 1970 novella ''Jonathan Livingston Seagull''. In later years, music critics have hailed "Eagle" as one of ABBA's more outstanding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Man, One Woman
"One Man, One Woman" is a song by ABBA, released on their 1977 album '' ABBA: The Album''. It is that album's third track after "Eagle" and "Take a Chance on Me". Composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, it has appeared on several compilation albums over the years, such as 1998's '' Love Stories'' and 2012's '' The Essential Collection''. Synopsis The song is about a couple (made up of the titular "man" and "woman") trying to save their marriage. Composition Anni-Frid Lyngstad sang the lead vocals. The instruments used in the song are piano, synths, guitar and strings. The piano is used to add a colourful countermelody to the vocal pauses in the chorus, a similar technique to the "descending double-octave riff" used in "Dancing Queen." The synth is used in a "chord-per-bar" fashion throughout the verses, and strings take over in the chorus. Analysis ''Abba: Let the Music Speak'' describes the song as "one of ABBA's most introspective portraits of the fragility of human re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gracias Por La Música
''Gracias Por La Música'' () is a Spanish-language compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in Spain on 5 April 1980 and Latin America on May 10. The album was originally released due to the unexpected surge in popularity for the group in Latin American countries such as Mexico and Argentina after the release of the Spanish-language versions of "Chiquitita" and "I Have a Dream" in 1979. These tracks were both released as singles and went on to become hits. Encouraged by this success, the band therefore decided to record another eight tracks in Spanish and release a full-length album especially for the Latin American market. The album was also released in ABBA's native Sweden on June 23, and in Japan on July 21 after ABBA played eleven successful concerts earlier in March. Background and production In 1978, the couple Buddy and Mary McCluskey (working for CBS Records at the time), met Stig Anderson, ABBA's manager by chance at a convention in Miami, Florida. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Visitors (ABBA Album)
''The Visitors'' is the eighth studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released on 30 November 1981. With ''The Visitors'', ABBA took several steps away from the "lighter" pop music they had recorded previously and the album is often regarded as a more complex and mature effort. The opening track, " The Visitors", with its ominous synthesizer sounds and the distinctive lead vocal by Frida, announced a change in musical style. With Benny and Frida going their separate ways, the pain of splitting up was explored yet again in "When All Is Said and Done". The major hit single on the album, " One of Us", also depicted the end of a love story. Elsewhere there were Cold War themes—highly topical at the time—and further songs of isolation and regret. ''The Visitors'' was one of the first records ever to be digitally recorded and mixed, as well as one of the earliest in history to be pressed on the CD format in 1983. ''The Visitors'' has been reissued in digitally remast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slipping Through My Fingers
"Slipping Through My Fingers" is a song written by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA, with lead vocals by Agnetha Fältskog. It was released on their November 1981 album ''The Visitors (ABBA album), The Visitors''. The song is about a mother's regret at how quickly her daughter is growing up, and the lack of time they have spent together, as the girl goes to school. The inspiration for the song was Ulvaeus' and Fältskog's daughter, Linda Ulvaeus, who was seven at the time the song was written. The song was first released in Japan, where it appeared on promotional records by The Coca-Cola Company. The 7" vinyl, released in June 1981, was a single-sided picture disc. The sleeve features a drawing of the group. There was also a picture disc ABBA compilation LP, also titled "Slipping Through My Fingers" and using the same cover art. Certifications Spanish version "Se Me Está Escapando" is the Spanish Language version of "Slipping Through My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy New Year (song)
"Happy New Year" is a song by Swedish group ABBA from their 1980 album '' Super Trouper'', with lead vocals by Agnetha Fältskog. It originally had a very limited release as a single in December of that year. The song's working title was "Daddy Don't Get Drunk on Christmas Day". The Spanish-language version of the song, "", was released in 1980 in Spanish-speaking territories. The single reportedly charted in the top 5 in Argentina and was included on the South American versions of the ''Super Trouper'' album. It was first released on CD as part of the 1994 Polydor US compilation , and in 1999 on the expanded re-release of . Release In 1999, the English version of the song was re-released for the new millennium, and charted at number 27 in Sweden, number 15 in the Netherlands and number 75 in Germany. In 2008, it was released again in several countries, and charted at number 4 in Sweden, number 6 in Norway and number 25 in Denmark. It re-entered the Swedish and Norwegian chart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Album
The Album may refer to: * '' ABBA: The Album'', released in 1977 * ''The Album'' (Caravan album), 1980 * ''The Album'' (Mantronix album), 1985 * ''The Album'' (Cliff Richard album), 1993 * ''The Album'' (Haddaway album), 1993 * ''The Album'' (Hello Sailor album), 1994 * ''The Album'' (Latyrx album), 1997 * ''The Album'' (Shane Richie album), 1997 * ''The Album'' (The Firm album), 1997 * '' Terror Squad: The Album'', 1999 * ''The Album'' (Dj Shah album), 2000 * ''The Album'' (Lil Rob album), 2003 * '' Federation: The Album'', 2004 * ''The Album'' (Jeckyll & Hyde album), 2007 * ''The Album'' (Daniel Schuhmacher album), 2009 * ''The Album'' (Achozen album), 2010 * ''The Album'' (Aunty Donna album), 2018 * ''The Album'' (Teyana Taylor album), 2020 * ''The Album'' (Blackpink album), 2020 * ''The Album'' (Chase Rice album), 2021 * ''The Album'' (Jonas Brothers album), 2023 * ''The Album'', a 1993 album by Masters at Work * ''The Album'', a 1933 novel by Mary Roberts Rineh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Wonder (Departure)
"I Wonder (Departure)" is a song by ABBA, released on their 1977 album '' ABBA: The Album''. It was originally part of the ABBA-produced mini-musical ''The Girl with the Golden Hair'', which they performed at the end of each of their 1977 concert tours. Usage in ''Mamma Mia!'' film In a hypothetical sequel to '' Mamma Mia!'' put together by the British newspaper, ''The Daily Telegraph'', the song is sung at a point in the musical where Sophie "dreams of cutting loose rom Skyand heading abroad". In the film ''Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again'', the song is performed by Young Donna (played by Lily James) on the soundtrack album; however, the performance (early in the film prior to Donna leaving her friends) was deleted. The performance was included as an extra on the DVD release. Synopsis The song is about whether the narrator should leave behind everything she knows in order to pursue something greater. The book ''ABBA: Let The Music Speak'' argues that the song parallels Frida's own l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrival (ABBA Album)
''Arrival'' is the fourth studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released in Sweden on 11 October 1976 by Polar Records. It became one of ABBA's most successful albums to date, producing three of their biggest hits: " Dancing Queen", " Money, Money, Money" and " Knowing Me, Knowing You". The track "Fernando", which had been recently released as a single in March 1976, was included on the Australian and New Zealand versions of the album. ''Arrival'' was the best-selling album of 1977 in the United Kingdom and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. In 2024, the album was selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Background and production By the time ABBA began working on their fourth album in August 1975, they had achieved a modest level of success around the world. It was with ''Arrival'' however, tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
